There are attractions, and there are attractions. The
Giant reproduction of van Gogh's "3 Sunflowers In A Vase" can be
seen from I-70 as you pass through Goodland, Kansas and I think
that view is enough. At most, a closer visit gives you a photo opportunity.
There isn't enough here to be as interesting as say Cawker City's World's
Largest Ball of Twine.

The Big Easel Project started in 1996 when Cameron
Cross contributed a work of art to Altona, Manitoba, Canada, the community
where he worked as an artist and teacher. Cross selected a public domain
Vincent van Gogh sunflower paintings and created a 24 by 32 foot reproduction
of the painting on an 80 foot steel easel. The structure and painting weigh
40,000 pounds.

Cross has since expanded the project to reproduce up to
seven of van Gogh's portraits of sunflowers that were originally painted
in 1888 and 1889. So far, there are three paintings. The second was erected
in Emerald, Australia in 1999, and the Goodland, Kansas painting was completed
on August 17, 2001. Although other locations have considered the Big Easel
project, there have been no new giant van Gogh paintings since the construction
of this painting in Goodland.

Quote from the no longer working Big Easel website: "Art
is not meant to be pretty; art is meant to change the world..."

Enough said.

I find the fields of real sunflowers that surround Goodland to be far
more interesting. This photo was taken on
west side of Goodland.